[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] pcap, null: Fix memory leaks of 'struct rte_kvargs'

Tetsuya Mukawa mukawa at igel.co.jp
Tue Mar 17 05:12:41 CET 2015


'struct rte_kvargs' is allocated in rte_kvargs_parse(), and should be
freed with rte_kvargs_free().
This patch fixes memory leaks of 'struct rte_kvargs' in below PMDs.
 - pcap PMD
 - null PMD

Reported-by: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuya Mukawa <mukawa at igel.co.jp>
---
 lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c | 13 +++++++++----
 lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c b/lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c
index f49d686..8fe1a2d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ rte_pmd_null_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 	unsigned numa_node;
 	unsigned packet_size = default_packet_size;
 	unsigned packet_copy = default_packet_copy;
-	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ rte_pmd_null_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 					ETH_NULL_PACKET_SIZE_ARG,
 					&get_packet_size_arg, &packet_size);
 			if (ret < 0)
-				return -1;
+				goto free_kvlist;
 		}
 
 		if (rte_kvargs_count(kvlist, ETH_NULL_PACKET_COPY_ARG) == 1) {
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ rte_pmd_null_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 					ETH_NULL_PACKET_COPY_ARG,
 					&get_packet_copy_arg, &packet_copy);
 			if (ret < 0)
-				return -1;
+				goto free_kvlist;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -544,7 +544,12 @@ rte_pmd_null_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 			"packet copy is %s\n", packet_size,
 			packet_copy ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 
-	return eth_dev_null_create(name, numa_node, packet_size, packet_copy);
+	ret = eth_dev_null_create(name, numa_node, packet_size, packet_copy);
+
+free_kvlist:
+	if (kvlist)
+		rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c b/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
index 5e94930..204ae68 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c
@@ -888,12 +888,13 @@ rte_pmd_pcap_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 		ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ETH_PCAP_IFACE_ARG,
 				&open_rx_tx_iface, &pcaps);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return -1;
+			goto free_kvlist;
 		dumpers.pcaps[0] = pcaps.pcaps[0];
 		dumpers.names[0] = pcaps.names[0];
 		dumpers.types[0] = pcaps.types[0];
-		return rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, 1, &dumpers, 1,
+		ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, 1, &dumpers, 1,
 				numa_node, kvlist, 1);
+		goto free_kvlist;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -911,7 +912,7 @@ rte_pmd_pcap_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 	}
 
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
+		goto free_kvlist;
 
 	/*
 	 * We check whether we want to open a TX stream to a real NIC or a
@@ -930,15 +931,18 @@ rte_pmd_pcap_devinit(const char *name, const char *params)
 	}
 
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
+		goto free_kvlist;
 
 	if (using_dumpers)
-		return rte_eth_from_pcaps_n_dumpers(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx,
+		ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps_n_dumpers(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx,
 				&dumpers, dumpers.num_of_tx, numa_node, kvlist);
-
-	return rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx, &dumpers,
+	else
+		ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx, &dumpers,
 			dumpers.num_of_tx, numa_node, kvlist, 0);
 
+free_kvlist:
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int
-- 
1.9.1



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